Gas mixing apparatus



Mafch 3o, 1937.

E.L.ANDERSON' GAS MIXING APPARATUS Filed July 1, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Marl 30, 1937- E. 1.. ANDERSON 2,075,258

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Patented Mar. 3o, 1937 U'Nirao ySTATES PATENT ori-ICE GAS MIXING APPARATUS Edward L. Anderson, Grosse'lsle, Mich., assgnor to American Blower Corporation, Mich., a corporation of Delaware Detroit,

. Application July 1, 1933, Serial No. 678,593

2 Claims.

My invention` relates to new and useful improvements in an apparatus for mixing gases, and v bodies. With a projected stream of a given crosssectional area the rate of mixing or blending 1'0 will increase as the velocity of the projected stream is increased. The rate of mixing will also increase when a stream of a given cross-sectional .area is subdivided into a plurality of smaller streams. The rapidity of mixing will also vary in 15 accordance with the least dimension or thickness of the projected stream and will increase for a stream of a given cross-sectional area with a decrease in the thickness of the stream. Itis, therefore, one object of my invention to provide' an A20 apparatus in which mixing is accomplished by the use of a plurality of projected streams.

Another object is to provide an apparatus in which the projected streams are of elongated cross-sectional area. f

4Another object is to provide means whereby the noise of impactof the projected stream is substantially eliminated.

The invention consists in the .improved construction, tol be lmore fully described hereinafter 30'and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

In the accompanying. drawings, to be taken as e a part of this specication, I have shown my invention as embodied inl a plurality of different 35 forms of apparatus, in which drawings- Figure 1 is aside view of a duct outlet embody- I in'g the apparatus.4 of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a View looking from right to left of Figure 1, but having a certain wall or partition 4,0 means of Figure 1 removed;

""'-.Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Figs. l and 2, but`-having a modified form of discharge. outlets or orifices;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view-of the duct 45 outlet member;

Fig. 6 is a detail view in edge elevation of the member-of Fig. 5; y

Figs. '7 and 8 are side and front views respectively of the apparatus as applied to the corner A50 of a.n room or other compartment;

' Figs. 9 and 10 show the apparatusl in side and front views respectively for an outlet duct extending longitudinally of the juncture between horizontal and vertical Walls of a compartment or 55 space;

Fig. 11 is a view in lsection on the line A-A of Fig. 12 showing a chambered duct outlet member;

Fig. 12 is a view in side elevation-of the element 60 of Fig. 11;

(ci. sie-1 Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively side and front views of the apparatus as applied to a vertical duct outlet;

Fig. 15 is a side view of an apparatus provided with a dome-shaped outlet member;

Fig. 16 isa view in section on the line B-B of Fig. l5;

Fig. 17 is a viewin side elevation of my apparatus provided with a chambered duct outlet member havingv a curved wall surface;

Fig. 18 is a front view of the element of Fig. 17

Fig. 1'9 isa view showing the application of my apparatus to primary and secondary mixing ducts;

Fig. 20 is a view in section on the line C-C of Fig. 19, and

Fig. 21 is a detail view in section on the line 2|-2l of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, I designates'generally a duct or conduit for confining a stream of gas such, for example, as air to be employed in heating or Ventilating a space or enclosure such as a room or other compartment. The duct I has a branch outlet duct 2 which opens through an aperture 3 in the side wall or partition 4 of the enclosed space. outlet of the duct 2 preferably terminates flush with the inside face of the wall 4 and is provided with-a closure member 5, preferably la plate of sheet metal which may be supported by the branch duct 2 or by the wall 4. The plate member 5 is provided with a plurality of obliquely positioned apertures or orifices 6 through which the gas stream is discharged into the space or compartment. y The apertures 6 are preferably elongated in order to secure the maximum cross-sectional iiow area while maintaining the discharge streams of small thickness in one dimension. Each of the orifices 6 is provided with a continuous surrounding lip or flange member 1 which projects from the marginal edge of each orifice in the direction of the discharging stream. The members 'l are preferably formed from the material of the plate 4 member 5 and may be struck or punched therefrom. The members .'l are of converging crosssectional area in the direction of ow and each serves as a discharge nozzle for its orifice. Each ofthe members 1 has its inside wall surface curved convexly in the direction of ow and at its terminal edge portion, as at 8, is substantially tangent tov or parallel with the direction of flow so that the members 1 are streamlined.

In operation, the air or other gas supplied to the branch duct 2 will be split up into a plurality of separate streams issuing from the orifices 6. The streams which are transversely attened by reason of the elongation of vthe oriiices will present a (greater surface area to the body of gas in the space into which they are discharged thank would be the case if the streams were circular in' The cross-section or if only a single stream of equival lent cross-sectional area were employed, and therefore the blending of the discharged streams with the gas or atmosphere of the space will occur quickly. Due to the convergence of the inside wall surface of the membersv1 and 'the termination'of the surfaces parallel to the plane of flow,

' the discharging streams will not set up vibration in the body of gas into which the streams are discharged, thereby eliminating the objectionable noise which .occurs from the use of a sharp edged oriice. plate. The streamlining` of the members 1 permits the gas to be discharged from the duct 2 at a greater velocity than wouldbe possiblewith mere ports through-the plate member 5,y

and therefore the blending of the streams with the body of gas will take place more rapidly than with the discharge of an equal volume per unit of time fromthe duct 2 when the members 1 are not used.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the plate orices are sur- -rounded by lip or flange members 8 which differ from the members 1 of Fig. 6 in that the longi- .as extending into the space or room adjacent a corner thereof.- In order that the discharging streams may be directed away from the room corner and the adjacent walls, the branch duct 2 is terminated on a diagonal so that the closure plate member 5 is inclined to the ceiling I0 and the side wall l. 'I'he oriilces and the members 1 therefore direct the air streams toward the center of the room or space.

In the construction of Figs. 9 and 10, the branch duct' 2 opens into a header I-I which exf tends longitudinally of the room or compartment at the juncture between the side and ceiling walls 4 and I0 respectively. One side of the header II is formed by the plate member l with the outlet oriiices 6 directed diagonally into the room or compartment, as in the case of Figs.l'7 and 8.

In this form the plate member 5 may be secured to the enclosure walls by brackets I2, or the like, if desired.

In Figs. 11 and`12, the branch duct 2 is shown as opening through an aperture Il in the ceiling of the room or compartment. The duct 2 opens into the interior of a chambered elementl il having a substantially cylindrical side wall I l and top and bottom or end walls Il, I1 respectively, the

top wall being apertured to receive duct 2.. .'I'he outlet orifices or apertures l with their surrolmding ilange members 1 are provided in the cylindrical side wall Il. The apertures I are preferably in continuous circumferentialrows which are vertically spaced from each other. In-this form the air or gas entering the interior of the chambered element I4 will be discharged laterally Ain all directions through the oriiices l, the lip.

members 1 functioning as` above described.

Figs. 13 'and 14 show the application ofthe duct outlet member to a horizontal partition such as a ceiling, for example, and both the structure and 4operationwillbeobviousfrosnthledeilcriptionof Figs. l, 2, 5 and 6.

lIn Fig. 15, the branch duct 2 also opensl intothe room or space through a ceiling aperture I I. The outlet from this branch duct 2 discharges into a dome element I9, preferably a spherical vsegment secured at its lperiphery to a wall plate 20. The curved spherical surface of the member I9 is provided with a plurality of the orifices l having the lip members 1 above described. In this form the orifices 8 not only direct the gas or air streams laterally or horizontally in all directions but alsodirect the streams both diagonally and directly downward.

Figs. 17 and 18 show a chambered element 2| which receives' the air or gas discharged from4 `the branch duct 2, and which is particularly adapted for a. ceiling outlet, although it is apparent that the element 2i may be set horizontally in a side wall to project the air stream in a plane parallel to the iloor. The element 2i preferably has substantially parallel side walls 22 which are circular segments having their curved or circumi'erential edges directed downward. 'I'he curved plate member 23 has its side edges joined to the curved margin of the side walls 22 and has its end edges secured to a ceiling plate 24 to which the side walls 22 are also Joined. The

curved plate 28 is provided with a plurality of rows of the apertures or orifices 8 having the lip or flange members 1 above described. In operation, this form will direct the air or gas in a substantially vertical plane but both diagonally and directly downward. a

In Figs. 19 and 20, 2l designates a primary gas now duct into which a secondary gas iiow duct 28 discharges. The duct 2l preferably has its outlet opening laterally into the duct 2l. outlet is closed by a plate member 21 having the orifices and lip members 1 particularly shown in'Figs. '5 and 6.` In this form, the mixture is between two moving g'asmstreams and b y reason of the orifices 8 the blending of the streams takes place very rapidly. Directing ofv the secondary v streams laterally into the duct 25 and vertically to the direction of ilow of the primary stream results in a thorough mixing of the two streams.

WhatI claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. Ina gas mixing apparatus, a primary duct having anY opening through its side wall, a secondary duct external of said primary duct having an outlet communicating with said opening, a

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plate member extending across said opening and closing the outlet .of said secondary duct, said plate member having a plurality oi discharge apertures therethrough, each of said apertures having its cross-sectional iiow area converging in the direction of iiow from the secondary duct toward said primary duct.

2. In a gas mixing apparatus, a primary duct having an openingthrough its side wall, a secondary duct external of said primary duct having an outlet communicating with said opening, a plate member extending across laid onening and closing the outlet of said secondary duct, v

said platemember having a plurality of discharge apertures therethrough. anda lip element surrounding each of said apertures and forming a' continuation thereof, each said lip element converging in cross-sectional iiow area in the direction of flow from said secondary duct ytoward said primary duct.

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